{"id":287,"date":"2019-12-16T15:34:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T20:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/bolivar\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:04:59","slug":"vamagsp19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/events-news\/press-releases\/vamagsp19\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on VA Magazine Article (Spring 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-288 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Bolivar_UVA200-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Bolivar_UVA200-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/files\/Bolivar_UVA200.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>The Bicentennial edition (Winter 2018) of Virginia Magazine featured a retrospective look at some of the most significant events and people that have shaped the last 200 years at UVA. Sadly, it failed to mention the significant contributions of the Hispanic\/Latinx community to the University. The Bol<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00ed<\/span>var Network sprang into action and BN Leadership wrote a letter to the Editor expressing our profound disappointment at this glaring omission. The letter was published in the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.uvamagazine.org\/issues\/2019-1-Spring-WebEdition.pdf#page=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring 2019 edition <\/a><\/strong>(page 12) and highlights only some of the various people and contributions from the Hispanic\/Latinx community to the University; while underscoring the significant role that our community will undoubtedly play in the University\u2019s next 200 years giving changing demographics in Virginia and the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bicentennial edition (Winter 2018) of Virginia Magazine featured a retrospective look at some of the most significant events and people that have shaped the last 200 years at UVA. Sadly, it failed to mention the significant contributions of the Hispanic\/Latinx community to the University. The Bol\u00edvar Network sprang into action and BN Leadership wrote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"parent":559,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Statement on VA Magazine Article (Spring 2019) - The Bol\u00edvar Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/bolivar\/events-news\/press-releases\/vamagsp19\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/\",\"name\":\"Statement on VA Magazine Article (Spring 2019) - The Bol\u00edvar Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/files\\\/Bolivar_UVA200-229x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-16T20:34:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-01T19:04:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/files\\\/Bolivar_UVA200.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/files\\\/Bolivar_UVA200.jpg\",\"width\":405,\"height\":531},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/events-news\\\/press-releases\\\/vamagsp19\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/bolivar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events &amp; 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